Bernie Boland vs. Don Secrist — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Don Secrist as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 5.93 and 1.500 for Don Secrist. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Don Secrist

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.61
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.93
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
8.89
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.48
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.66
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
39.68
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.98
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.09
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
34.9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Don Secrist

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.47
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.96
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.393
0.393
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Don Secrist

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
2100
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
73.17
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
21.24
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
123.58
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
47.15
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.85
16.01
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
20.48
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
50.41
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Don Secrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Don Secrist
Career
Per 600 PA